1 Kings 8:60 (LSB)

Passage

so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:58 that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

1 Kings 8:59 And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that He may do justice for His slave and justice for His people Israel, as each day requires,

1 Kings 8:60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh is God; there is no one else.

1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to Yahweh our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

1 Kings 8:62 Now the king and all Israel with him were offering sacrifices before Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "peoples", "earth", "yahweh", and "else". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "peoples" and "earth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 59's "And may these words of mine with..." into verse 61's "Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted...", so "peoples" and "earth" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "peoples" and "earth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.